So I've been having a much-needed lazy day. These last two weeks have been probably the busiest since I was laid off. It's good practice, though, because starting a week from Monday, I am going to training for my NEW JOB. =)

That's right, I finally got a job!! I've been trying to get in with Andrew's company, Fidelity Investments, because they seem to be everything I'm looking for: they pay VERY well, good work is regularly recognized, advancement is easy if you prove yourself, and the benefits are amazing. I'd been hoping to get into the Westlake location so that Andrew and I could carpool to work, but I ended up getting hired at the Grapevine location. But that's okay. It's a job doing data entry, and not only am I going to be making more than I made after four raises at Sewell...I don't have to do the whole customer service thing anymore. No more swiping customers credit cards or calling customers to determine their satisfaction level. I'll be doing what I'm good at all day: typing. I cannot even BEGIN to describe how excited I am!!

As many of you know, my grandmother passed away on October 13th. It was expected, so there was plenty of time to say goodbye and get lots of visiting time in. It didn't make things any less sad, though, because I had just kind of reconnected with my grandmother. It was better late than never, though, and I'm glad I got that time with her. She told me that she wanted me to have her piano that I loved and learned to sort of play on when I was a kid. I already have a perfect spot picked out for it, and I cannot WAIT to get it here (it's in storage at my aunt and uncle's house).

We had some friends over for a little bit this week. Brandi is a friend of mine I met working at Sewell, and her husband also used to work there. He is a very experienced technician/mechanic and recently did us the GIGANTIC favor of fixing Andrew's truck for a fraction of what a shop was going to charge us. So when they brought the truck back to us, they were able to see our house for the first time. They brought their three daughters and we all had a great time visiting! They couldn't stop raving about our house, and it really made me feel good about the choices we've made in our attempts to make our home as stylish as possible. In fact, when we were in our fabulous blue bathroom and I was describing the things that we still planned on doing over time to make the bathroom even more divine, her oldest daughter said that I was really good at decorating. Since interior design is kind of a secret hobby of mine and I never know if I'm any good at it, that comment completely made my year! So thank you, Miss Emma!! =)

We're hoping to get to church soon, hopefully we can go this weekend. We have a couple of churches in the area we're going to try out. We just really are wanting to meet a bunch of people who live near us and maybe get involved in a community group of sorts. I realized the other day after a talk with my sister that Andrew and I are starting a whole new chapter of our lives. I've found myself really missing normal human interactions lately, and it doesn't just have to do with not having a job. Our friends are all doing their thing, and it's made me realize that our "thing" isn't quite the same as our friends' "thing". And I'll admit, it's made me sad several times lately, but I've realized that it's normal. Life changes for people at different intervals and I just need to adjust. I feel kind of like the new kid at school, though, and the pressure to "make new friends" seems daunting. It's not my strong suit, haha. But!! It's something I know that we need to do, and I'm trying to look at it as something fun rather than something scary. Finding a new church is step one. Maybe that's why I've been putting it off for a few weekends, I'm kinda nervous about the whole thing. But I'm likeable enough, right? So why be nervous... ;)

Anywho! Looking forward to a great weekend! Tomorrow I'm having lunch and going shopping with a friend, and then Andrew and I are going to the Huey Lewis and the News concert at Billy Bob's. There's also a SLIGHT chance that I will finally get to hear my all-time favorite song live for the first time. I've been seeing them in concert almost every time they've been to Dallas since I graduated high school (almost ten years). I keep waiting to hear them sing that song: after all, I still hear it on the radio and it's on any greatest hits album they've ever put out. "Stuck With You" has been my favorite song since I was at least 4 years old. So I would REALLY love to hear it live, but never have. But I had the genius idea to reach out on Twitter. I read that they'd just joined, and so I sent them a Tweet, with the thought that I would Tweet them several times between then and the concert in hopes of convincing them to sing it. Well...anyone who saw my picture on Facebook knows that they responded to my very first Tweet to them!! I was SO EXCITED. They didn't make any promises to sing it, but it was still cool to get an answer. The concert is tomorrow night, so today I Tweeted AGAIN to kind of remind them that I was wanting to hear that song very badly. So I'm really, really, hoping that I get to hear it. I will positively FREAK OUT if I do! =)

At some point over the weekend we'll be going to my parents' house. My mom had surgery recently and is at home recovering, and it's tough to get over there during the week with Andrew having to work early the next morning and it being a good distance away. So we're going hoping to get some good time in this weekend.

Also, Monday is my birthday, and Andrew took the whole day off so that we can hang out. We have free movie passes so we'll be catching either 50/50 or Footloose that day (don't judge me, I think the remake actually looks really good!). I'm also thinking MAYBE bowling on the agenda?? We'll see...either way, it is going to be awesome to get to hang out on a weekday with my hubby, everything will be a lot less crowded. That night, we'll probably stay in because it will be our first year in our new house and we want to be there for trick-or-treaters. So excited!! It will probably be scary for Dewey with the doorbell ringing constantly, haha, but he'll survive. =)

The holidays are right around the corner, and I'm SUPER excited!! It's going to be fun to put our Christmas decorations up in our house and find new places for things. Plus I'm really wanting to hit the after-Christmas sales earlier this year to get some awesome stuff at a discounted price. Gotta build up our decoration collection. =)

Well, that's about all that's going on with me. I was just sitting around, curled up under a blanket with my kitty snuggling my feet and thought I'd do a little blog update. No pictures of anything, we haven't been up to anything overly interesting. But I had done a few X Factor blogs (my Aunt Donna apparently liked reading my American Idol blogs, so I started doing blogs for X Factor once I found out she watched that show, too!), and I figured I should do a personal update as well!

I hope all of you are having a great week!!